The Kūtei (Japanese: 空挺, meaning "Airborne") is a Commando Infantry unit for the JSDF faction that appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
History[]
After the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, American occupation forces had allowed the temporary formation of an airborne party from within the ranks of the JGSDF as tensions continued to increase between the United States and the former Soviet Union in 1955. In 1958, the Airborne Brigade's first platoon was formed after Hayao Kinugasa was made the first commander of the unit. It continued to increase in numbers as ranger and free-fall training were added in 1962 and 1969. An additional armed transport unit was established in 1973. The Airborne Brigade is equipped with three Infantry Battalion each having three infantry company.
In 1985, the 1st Airborne Brigade was involved in rescue operations of the downed Japan Airlines Flight 123 in the ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, marking the first time that the Brigade was seen in the public eye. Later on, they were also deployed in Yamanashi Prefecture for civil operations and after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995.
A Guide Unit was established on October 20, 1999 and based at Funabashi, Chiba. Preparations to create a new special forces unit went underway in the Brigade in 2000. In 2003, the framework of the Special Operations Group was established as an anti-guerrilla/terrorist unit embedded in the Brigade, but was established and separated from the Brigade in 2004 and placed under the control of the Defense Agency via the JGSDF like most of the JSDF's special forces units.
New Nambu M66 is a SMG made in 1965 with the intention to replaced American made M3 Grease guns, but not enter service IRL eventually. 62L Shiki is a GPMG made in 1962 to replace M1919. JGSDF did not equipped with M72 LAW IRL.[1]
Overview[]
Kūtei is the early-period elite infantry of Japan, and are specialised towards anti-infantry combat with their weapons: SMGs, a Type 62L LMG, and an M72 LAW. The in-game weapon stat for the primary weapon displayed a wrong accuracy (70%) rather than the baseline (40%), therefore Kūtei actually has the same performance as any other SMG armed special forces unit. This also leads to Kūtei being considered weaker than Delta Force (which at least have a better LAW).
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Weapons[]
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| Type | SMG | LAW | SAW |
| Name | Newmanbu M66 | M72 | 62L Shiki |
| Caliber | 9mm PB | 66mm HEAT [HEAT] [STAT] |
7.62mm [CQC] |
| Ammo | x 1600 | x 10 | x 2000 |
| Range | Ground = 455 m Helicopters = 455 m  Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 525 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 875 m Helicopters = 595 m Airplanes = N/A m
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| Accuracy | 40% | 30% | 40% |
| Stabilizer | 40% | N/A | 25% |
| AP Power | N/A | 13 | N/A |
| HE Power | 1 | N/A | .5 |
| Suppression | 30 | 264 | 55 |
| Rate of fire | 533 r/min | 20 r/min | 428 r/min |
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